Improvement in putting up powders



UNITE STATES HENRY SAVYER, OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PUTTING UP POWDERS, SLC.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,097, dated January5, 1864.

I0 all whom, t may concer/t:

Be it known that I, HENRY SAWYER, of Roxbury, in the county of Norfolkand State of Massachusetts, have invent-ed an Improvenient in PackingPowders and Fluids for Transportation and Use; and I do hereby decla-rethat the following, taken in connection with the drawings whichaccompany and form part of this specification, is a description of myinvention sufficient vto enable those skilled in the art to practice it.

The purpose ofniy invention is the packing` `of fine andimpalpable,powders for household or other use in such manner that thecases in which they are contained shall serve alike for the convenienttransportation, sale, and distribution for consumption or use ofthe-powders; and the invention consists in the manner of constructing`the package, as I will now proceed to describe by reference to theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure l denotes a side view of thecase or package; Fig. 2, a central and longitudinal section, and Fig. 3a cross-section, of the same.

a denotesalong cylindrical box provided at one end with a cover, Z), andat the opposite end with delivery-holes c c. A descriptive or envelopingpaper, d, surrounds and is pasted upon the sides of the cylinder, oneend or edge of the paper extending over the edge or lid of the cover b,so as to confine or fasten it upon the box. Over the holes d el a sealor wafer, e, ot' wax or glutinous matter,is cemented, so as toimperviously close the holes and prevent the escape of the contents f ofthe box during transportation, or when packed or exposed for sale. Thenwanted for use, it is only necessary to break off the cement or wafer e,and

without any manipulation or unpacking op the powder it can be sprinkledor distributed as may be desirable.

I find my invention particularly useful for thepackage, transportation,and consumption of the powder called bluing7 much employed for domesticuse in washing or clean-` ing clothes to prevent their turning yellow.

The powder is inconvenient to handle, and

hence it has been a desideratum to pack it at the place wheremanufactured or put up in such manner that it might not only betransported and sold for use in the original package. but might also bedistributed or sprinkled from said case or package without handling. Myinvention, as will be readily understood, accomplished this purpose, thepaper envelope keeping the powder from escaping by the edges of thecover, and the distributing end of the box being kept sealed till thepowder is wanted, as described.

rPhe invention is very useful in packing all kinds of powders which areconsumedin small quantities, either domestically or in the arts, andwhich are inconvenient, unpleasant, or dangerous to handle. It may also,to some extent, be employed for packing iluids to be used in the samemanner.

Vhat I claim as a new article of manufacture is- A package or casewhich, when made with distributingholes and filled, is cemented by thewax or wafer e, as set forth.

HENRY SAWYER.

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Finnois GoULn, J. B. Cnosnx.

